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1  Memorial  showing;  the  wants  of  the  University. 

1875. 

2  Same .  1875-1876. 

3  Same.  1877-78. 

3a  Report  of  the  Regents  to  the  Constitutional  con 

4  Report  of  Commission  to  examine  into  and  report 

condition  of  certain  funds,  etc.  in  relation 
State  university,  1879. 

5  Memoifrial  of  the  Regents  on  the  wants  of  the  Un 

Dec. 31,  1880. 

6  .game.  Feb.  3,  1880. 

7  Memorial  to  Congress  (regarding  investment  of  ra 

derived  from  sale  of  lands  donated  by  Congres 
28,  1882. 

8  Report  of  Law  committed  of  the  Regents  on  the  a 

Congress  of  July  2,  1862.    \>x3  , 

9  University  of  California  meeds!!  Jan.l,  1885. 

10  Senate  bill  No.  49.  Jan  IB.  1887.  An  act  to  pro 

for  the  permanent  support  of  tve  University. 

11  Reasons  for  supporting  bill  to  provide  for  the 

manent  support  Of  the  University.  Jan.  1887. 

12  Communication  regarding  funds  for  Experiment  st 

Dec.  6,  1887. 

13  Report  of  the  specie 1  committee  on  the  Morrill 

aid  act.  Mar.  1891. 

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14  Appeal  to  the  Alumni  of  the  University  by  a  Com 

on  legislation  ap-ointed  by  the  Regents  to  ar 
interest  in  securing  funds  for  t^e  University 
25,  1894. 

15-  Legislative  bills.  Jan.  1887,  for  appropriation 

17  $250,000  for  buildings. 

18  Report  of  Committee  on  ways  and  means.  May  20, 

19  Report  on  establishment  of  fee  for  incidentals. 


BERKELEY,  CALIFORNIA, 
September  25, 


70  the  Alumni  of  the  University  of  California  : 
Gentlemen  ; — 

The  undersigned  have  been  appointed  by  the  Board 
of  Regents  a  Committee  on  Legislation,  and,  in  pursuance  of 
our  duties,  desire  to  interest  you  in  securing  funds  for  the 
pressing  needs  of  the  University. 

The  University  is  outgrowing  the  hopes  of  its  most  sanguine 
friends.  This  year  we  have  a  Freshman  Class  of  three  hundred 
and  sixty-three,  and  special  students  numbering  fifty-six,  making 
in  all  four  hundred  and  nineteen,  with  a  number  of  applications 
still  pending.  The  total  number  of  students  will  be  more  than 
one  thousand.  This  calls  for  an  increased  force  of  Professors 
and  Instructors. 

New  branches  of  study  have  been  urgently  called  for,  and 
added  from  time  to  time.  For  example,  on  the  scientific  side, 
electrical  engineering  has  been  developed  at  considerable  expense: 
on  the  language  side,  a  department  of  Semitic  Languages  has 
been  newly  organized.  But  the  chief  call  for  additional  instruc- 
tion is  in  the  older  and  fundamental  studies  of  the  first  two 
years,  which  comes  from  the  large  increase  in  the  number  of 
students.  More  than  twice  as  many  as  entered  in  1891  have 
already  been  received  in  1894. 


This  large  number  of  students,  and  the  consequent  necessity 
for  the  further  subdivision  of  the  classes,  make  it  absolutely 
necessary  to  provide  more  room.  There  have  been  erected  in 
the  last  four  years  the  Chemical  Laboratory  building,  costing, 
with  contents,  so  far  about  $82,000 ;  the  Mechanical  Engineering 
building,  costing,  with  contents,  about  $82,000 ;  and  the  Plant 
House,  costing  $13,500,  making  a  total  of  about  $178,000.  The 
thorough  •  equipment  of  the  Mechanical  Engineering  building 
will  cost  about  $80,000. 

A  few  of  the  most  immediate  and  urgent  needs  of  the  Uni- 
versity are  the  following : 

An  Administration  building,   bringing  the  offices  together, 

and   furnishing   a    safe  depositor}'    for   the   University  records ; 

leaving   two   suites   of  rooms,   now  in  use,    to   be  occupied    as 
class-rooms. 

A  central  Assembly  Hall,  for  all  public  gatherings.  There 
is  no  room  at  present  which  will  hold  half  of  the  undergraduates. 
The  Gymnasium  is  unsuited  to  public  occasions,  and  much  too 
small  to  accommodate  our  Commencement  audiences. 

A  Museum  building,  where  our  valuable  collections  can  be 
made  secure,  and  our  still  unopened  boxes  can  have  their 
contents  brought  to  light.  In  the  present  crowded  quarters, 
much  of  the  material  is  useless  for  purposes  of  instruction.  In 
the  new  building  rooms  should  be  provided  for  the  departments 
of  science  needing  frequent  access  to  the  Museum  collections, 
for  material  illustrative  of  their  work. 

Additions  to  the  Library  building.  Rooms  are  needed  for 
special  libraries,  and  for  the  uses  of  seminary  classes. 

An  Armon-  building  for  the  accommodation  of  our  very  large 
battalion. 

An  addition  to  the  Students'  Observatory,  which  is  utterly 
inadequate  to  contain  the  classes  in  Astronomy. 


A  separate  building  for  young  women.  They  constitute 
nearly  a  third  part  of  the  undergraduate  membership,  and 
patiently  wait  for  better  accommodations  than  can  be  given 
them  at  present. 

The  new  buildings  recently  erected  have  exhausted  all  avail- 
able funds.  The  largely-increased  running  expenses  will  absorb 
all  the  resources  now  provided,  apart  from  further  appropriations 
for  building.  To  give  needed  accommodation  for  the  growth 
and  expansion  of  the  University,  the  Regents  will  be  compelled 
to  ask  of  the  next  Legislature  an  appropriation  for  a  reasonable 
sum  to  be  expended  strictly  for  buildings. 

The  present  emergency  is  so  peculiar  and  so  urgent,  that  the 
future  prosperity  of  the  University  may  be  said  to  depend  largely 
on  the  timely  help  given  promptly  by  the  State.  It  would  be 
poor  policy  to  allow  our  unprecedented  success  to  re-act  upon 
us  and  check  our  healthful  growth. 

While  we  feel  that  every  Californian  should  take  an  interest 
and  have  a  pride  in  our  great  State  University,  we  are  sure  that 
every  Alumnus  of  it  will  have  a  special  interest  in  his  Alma 
Mater  and  that  we  can  confidently  call  upon  you  to  use  your 
good  offices  in  its  behalf. 

We  ask  of  each  of  you  that  you  see  personally  the  candidates 
for  the  Senate  and  the  Assembly  in  your  respective  districts  and 
make  known  to  them  the  needs  of  the  University.  After  the 
election  other  matters  will  crowd  upon  their  notice  and  it  will 
not  be  so  easy  to  get  their  attention  and  enlist  their  sympathies 
in  behalf  of  our  greatest  educational  institution. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

T.   G.   PHELPS, 
MARTIN  KELLOGG, 
J.  WEST  MARTIN, 
ARTHUR  RODGERS, 

Committee  of  the  Board  of  Regents  on  Legislation. 


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